Panoptikon Photography

A #chameleon in Bundala National Park in Sri Lanka. These #lizards would climb out onto a stick above a bush and change their color to red. Passing insects would mistake them for flowers and the chameleons would have their lunch... @PhotoPanoptikon #lizard #wildlifephotography #lizardphotography #reptiles #travelphotography

#WildlifeWednesday is back!🦌 Can't wait to see some amazing Wildlife photos from your gallery.

@brian423040372 A #sunrise in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka... It was right by a lake and the mosquitos were buzzing by the millions, but it was worth it. @PhotoPanoptikon #sunrisephotography #travelphotography #sunrises #travelling

Please share your sunset/sunrise 🌆

@ViewFromShikhar A #peacock in Udawalawa National Park, Sri Lanka... It's one of my favorite shots from the whole 6.5 week trip... @PhotoPanoptikon #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #travelphotography

Show us a bird from your gallery!

@danitahamel A great old tree on Lake Tissamaharama in Sri Lanka... @PhotoPanoptikon #treephotography #trees #NaturePhotography #reflectionofperfection #travelphotography

Do you have a photo that stopped you in your tracks and demanded a click?📷💛 #DailyPhotoTheme

@WLH1972 A true congregation of #trees in a hardwood forest on top of Ella Rock in the Central Highlands of #SriLanka... @PhotoPanoptikon #treephotography #forests #NaturePhotography #travelphotography

Let the trees do the talking.... i call this "Two Trees Having a Chat"

@muamnkaujlig A frozen #waterfall for #WaterWednesday at Shannon Falls in #Squamish, BC, Canada... @PhotoPanoptikon #waterwednesday #waterfalls #waterfallphotography #NaturePhotography

It’s Water Wednesday. QP or share a picture of water. Like glass..

@parthosarathi_b A frozen #waterfall at Shannon Falls near #Squamish, BC, for #WaterWednesday! @PhotoPanoptikon #waterfalls #waterwednesday #NaturePhotography #waterfallphotography #WanderlustDiaries

It's Water Wednesday! 🌊 📸 Let's see your water themed shots.

@aHeartSoFull They're tiny! But those are some wild #horses near Cotapaxi Volcano (that's not the volcano in the background, it's another one) in the Highlands of #Ecuador... @PhotoPanoptikon #horsephotography #landscapephotography #travelphotography #WanderlustDiaries

It's all about HORSES today. QP or Share your horse images👇. These 'wild horses' roam free along the river, but they clearly know people—they walked right up to my truck window hoping for apples. I've shared a couple of these before, but it's nice to see them in a grouping like this. #WildHorses #HorseLove #NaturePhotography

@WayneMoranPhot0 A look at winter's water at Shannon Falls near #Squamish, BC, Canada... @PhotoPanoptikon #waterfall #waterfalls #waterfallphotography #NaturePhotography

Show me your best waterfall shot. There’s something about waterfalls that just pulls you in. Mine: Godafoss Iceland - Waterfall of the Gods. #waterfallWednesday #wednesdaywaterfall

@LoraleeLogan An old Bodhi #tree on Ritigala Mountain near the ruins of the 2,200-year-old monastery in #SriLanka... I call this one "Gaia"... @PhotoPanoptikon #trees #treephotography #travelphotography #NaturePhotography #photography

The value of a single tree… QP or share your photo.

In the #ancient world, in places like Greece and India, a debate about the fundamental nature of the Cosmos once raged that is now known as "The One and the Many". It asked if the universe was composed of one single type of substance or many different entities and substances. It is a debate that has stayed with us in science, metaphysics, religion, and our imaginations ever since. Buddhists speak of how everything in the world is constantly in flux and fundamentally unknowable. It is eternally changing. The things that seem most real to our experience - our emotions, thoughts, loves, hates, ideas, hopes, and desires - are transitory and constantly transforming into something else. To try to grasp at the composition of such things is fundamentally unimportant and not helpful to those on the holy path to eliminating suffering and living compassionately. To scrutinize existence for unknowable truths is to not see the forest for the trees. Hindus speak of Brahman, a #holy #cosmic substance out of which all things are made which both underlies and unites the universe. Our 'Atman', is a sacred flicker of #divine Brahman within ourselves which constitutes our souls. It allows us to experience the feeling of eternity within our utmost inner depths. The realization that "Atman is Brahman" - that our innermost essence is made from the same stuff as stars, planets, galaxies, grass, water, and an uncountable number of other things - is a fundamental point of revelation on the path to #enlightenment. Christians speak of the mystical unknowability of the nature of God. God is beyond time, beyond space, beyond all forms of measurement, and beyond all human abilities to cognize and understand Him. But His universal presence can experienced. It just can never be truly verbally described. Language is unable to convey such majesty, scope, and undeniable unity. Astrophysicists adhering to Quantum Loop Gravity theory hold that reality is physically "granular" - that there are basic indivisible units composed of 'Quantum Fields'. All reality is composed, at its most basic layer, of these fields. But, as with everything in Quantum Physics, their exact nature can never be pinned down - we only have probabilities. Have we found the basic substance of the Cosmos in these impossibly tiny fields? Has the ineffable become knowable in the cradle of scientific discovery? All around us in the world we see unending variety - trillions of colors, shapes, substances, animals, other people, stars in the night sky and pebbles along a beach. How can such variety spawn from a single source, from a single original unity we have been chasing for millennia? Or could it be possible that this is only a mistake of human perception, a mental construction allowing us to navigate the world, and, in reality, Brahman, or God, or Flux, or Quantum Fields are eternal and omnipresent? We take a look at our world and wonder if we are such stuff as dreams are made of... @PhotoPanoptikon #Spiritual_Glimpse #Spirituality #metaphysics #relgious #sacred #essay

@WLH1972 On the subject of #Peacocks, this one was preening itself in a tree in Udawalawa National Park, #SriLanka... @PhotoPanoptikon #photooftheday #birdphotography #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #NaturePhotography

GM! For #SundaySharing please share or QP your own favourite #PhotoOfTheWeek. There is no theme - anyone can join in, please do! Mine’s a male peacock sunbathing on Thursday morning. 🦚 #nature #photography #wildlife

A selection of #African #WildlifePhotography shot in #Namibia in Etosha National Park... Featuring: an Ostrich with her babies; an Oryx or "Gemsbok" as the locals say; an African Leopard; and a group of Springboks dashing away. @PhotoPanoptikon #NaturePhotography #NatureEscape #travelphotography #animals #Africa

A selection of #wildlifephotography from the #Americas... Featuring: 1. Howler Monkeys high in the trees near Tikal, Guatemala - when I first heard these Simians make their famous howl I thought I was hearing a jaguar roaring in anger. These creatures make a big sonic impression from a distance. We spotted these while driving into Tikal to view the Mayan ruins. 2. A Sealion in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador - huge colonies of these fuzzy fellows exist in the Galapagos with each one being run by a dominant male known as a "Beach Boss". This sealion pup was having a Golden Hour nap in the sun on San Cristobal Island. 3. A Coati in a tree also in Tikal. These creatures are like a cross between a racoon and a fox and are well known to hang around resorts scavenging for snacks. This particular one had just walked straight down a tree-trunk after a noisy fight with another Coati. 4. A Giant Highlands Tortoise chews down on a guava on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands. These gentle giants spend 20 years of their lives slowly moving from their birthplace on the beaches up into the highland areas before settling down for good. @PhotoPanoptikon #NaturePhotography #travelphotography #WildlifeProtection #AnimalsOfX #Wanderlust

@A_ZofWonderment A #toucan in the Mayan ruins of Tikal in #Guatemala... @PhotoPanoptikon #birdphotography #bird #birds #birdwatching #NaturePhotography

Another day, another bird photo ♥️ Share your bird photographs!

@mabend2 A baby Cayman in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest... @PhotoPanoptikon #lookatyou #wildlifephotography #NaturePhotography #travelphotography

Share your Look at You Photographs !! #theme_pic_India_insects

@Iam_RITHIN_KV A hardwood forest high on Ella Rock in the Central Highlands of #SriLanka near the town of Ella... @PhotoPanoptikon #forestphotography #forest #forests #NaturePhotography #travelphotography

Sky framed by silence Nature never tries, yet it’s perfect. Where did you capture your best nature shot? Drop your best nature frame!

I always love to photograph #reptiles when I #travel having grown up with a fascination for them as well as pet #lizards. Here's a few from my travels: a Hump-Nosed #lizard from the Sinharaja Forest Preserve in Sri Lanka; a chameleon in Bundala National Park also in Sri Lanka; some Giant Highlands #tortoises on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands; and a baby Cayman in the Ecuadorian Amazon... @PhotoPanoptikon #reptilephotography #wildlifephotography #NaturePhotography #travelphotography

It's all about REPTILES today! Let's Go! Quote or drop one here 👇 #reptiles #naturephotography

I felt that this soaked #leaf in the Ecuadorian Amazon represented the experience of the Amazon rainforest in microcosm - everything fighting for life in the dark, absolutely drenched with water... @PhotoPanoptikon #leaves #leafphotography #NaturePhotography #travelphotography

Do you have a picture of leaves? 🍁 📸 “Every leaf tells a story of growth, letting go, and beginning again.”

@MandyLSimard Your macro work is always top-notch!